Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/10/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]"B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> wrote: > First Leica said it couldn't be done. B.D., your argument would carry more weight if you'd quit repeating your distorted summaries of Leica's statements. You've left out significant qualifying statements. Leica said that *with the technology existing at that time* a digital RF camera couldn't be built to use exisiting lenses and *deliver the image quality that Leica users expect*. They also said that as technology develops they would re-evaluate the feasibility of producing a digital camera that would use M lenses. The fact that the R8, available for several years now and I presume under development for some time before that, was designed for a digital back, suggests that Leica's product development staff isn't as lame and shortsighted as you've claimed. You're obviously not in 'journalist' mode. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com